Descriptive Summary

Special Collections Research Center
University of Chicago Library
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Chicago, Illinois 60637 U.S.A.

Abstract:

Michael Chapman is a fundraiser, political advisor, and Menominee tribe official. An alumnus of Native American Educational Services College, Chapman went on to serve in an administrative capacity at the school, including work as assistant to the President, Trustee, and Chairman. The collection forms part of the archives of Native American Educational Services, and contains government documents and publications dealing with the relationship between Native American communities and the United States government.

Information on Use

Access

Series IV contains student materials and personnel files that are restricted for 80 years.

The rest of the collection is open for research, with no restrictions.

Citation

When quoting material from
this collection, the preferred citation is: Native American Educational Services. Chapman, Michael. Papers, [Box #, Folder #], Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library

Biographical Note

Michael Chapman is a fundraiser, political advisor, and Menominee tribe official. Chapman's clients have included the National Congress of American Indians, the Institute of American Indian Arts, the Inter-Tribal Bison Cooperative, Americans for Indian Opportunity, Council of Energy Resource Tribes, First Nations Development Institute, and the American Indian Rights Fund. He has worked on tribal, state, and congressional political campaigns, and has also served in administrative and advisory positions in the United States Department of the Interior. An alumnus of Native American Educational Services College, Chapman went on to serve in an administrative capacity at the school, including work as assistant to the President, Trustee, and Chairman.

Scope Note

The Michael Chapman Papers form part of the archives of Native American Educational services, and contain government documents and publications dealing with the relationship between Native American communities and the United States government.

The collection has been organized into four series.

Series I: Government, includes copies of congressional and federal documents that detail funding and social relations with Native Americans, as well as materials from Native American conventions and conferences dealing with government relations. Much of this material deals with Native American communities' relations with the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the United States Department of the Interior. This series has been arranged alphabetically and then chronologically.

Series II: Education, contains materials related to Chapman's work in Native American education This contains some information on the Pell Grant and the "Fast Start Team," but the majority of the series is taken up by documents related to the White House Conference on Indian Education, including resolutions and proceedings. This series has been arranged alphabetically and then chronologically.

Series III: Publications, contains books, photocopies of articles, reviews, and manuals by various organizations. Most are related to either technology or Native American relations. There are a large number of photocopies of newspaper articles regarding the Clinton administration's relationship with Native American communities. There are also files on IndianNet, an online database of Native Americans, and other technology-related products. This series has been arranged alphabetically and then chronologically.

Bureau of Indian Affairs, National Congress of American Indians mid –year convention, 1995

Box 1 Folder 10

Bureau of Indian Affairs, "Statement of Ada E. Deer Before the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs," July 15, 1993

Box 1 Folder 11

Bureau of Indian Affairs, "Statement of Chairman McCain for the Committee Hearing on Bureau of Indian Affairs Reorganization," March 8, 1995

Box 1 Folder 12

Bureau of Indian Affairs, "Statement of Joann Sebastian Morris, Acting Director, Office of Tribal Services, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior, at the Hearing Before the House Committee on Natural Resources Subcommittee on Native American and Insular Affairs, on H.R. 1448, a Bill which Would Amend the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978," May 10, 1995

Box 1 Folder 13

Bureau of Indian Affairs, survey, "Selected Results from the 1994 Bureau of Indian Affairs Youth Risk Behavior Survey," 1995

Box 1 Folder 14

Litigation, report, "Recent Litigation Under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act," at the National Congress of American Indians Convention, 1993

Box 1 Folder 15

Policy, "Recommendations for Indian Policy – Message from the President of the United States Transmitting Recommendations for Indian Policy," 1970

Box 1 Folder 16

United States Department of the Interior, article, "Babbitt Brings Message to Keshena," 1995

Box 1 Folder 17

United States Department of the Interior, Assistant Secretary of Indian Affairs Ada E. Deer, remarks before the Alaska Federation of Natives 29th Annual Convention, October 20, 1995

Box 1 Folder 18

United States Department of the Interior, correspondence, formal invitation to Earth Day presentation and reception, April 1995

Box 1 Folder 19

United States Department of the Interior, correspondence, "The Fractionated Ownership of allotted lands – Problems Facing Individual Indians, Tribes, and the Bureau of Indian Affairs," November 1994

Box 1 Folder 20

United States Department of the Interior, correspondence, "Legislative Proposal to Address the Indian Heirship Problem," 1994

Box 1 Folder 21

United States Department of the Interior, correspondence, Senator Hatfield, regarding financial year 1996 appropriations bills for Interior and related agencies, concerns about the bill and amendments to restore funding to Indian programs, 1995

Box 1 Folder 22

United States Department of the Interior, correspondence, United States Senate, Commission on Indian Affairs, hearing and testimony regarding American Indian Policy Information Center, October 1995

Box 1 Folder 23

United States Department of the Interior, media release, "Fact Sheet Regarding, Senate Appropriations Committee Slashed the Bureau of Indian Affairs Financial Year 1996 President's Budget by $434.5 million (23%)," August 1995

Box 1 Folder 24

United States Department of the Interior, memo, "Contract Funds to Meet Matching Requirements for Other Federal and Non-Federal Programs," 1994

Box 1 Folder 25

United States Department of the Interior, memo, "Request for Briefing Materials for National Congress of American Indians Convention from Acting Director, Congressional and Legislative Affairs," 1995

Box 1 Folder 26

United States Department of the Interior, memo, "Request for Briefing Materials for National Congress of American Indians Convention from Acting Director, Congressional and Legislative Affairs," update, 1995